New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-28

| 1t is o beautiful romance that comes from the
City Of Mexico by way Of st. Louis. Two old
| silver mines of the Spaniards and Montezuma
| have been undiscovered, the story runs "in
| the midst Of thousands Of ruined buildings amid
| large churches and forts.' The incident Of the
| finding Of ancient maps Of the mines in an old
chapel Is also striking. The authors of the story
ought to have copyrighted it. They would have
made more money out Of it than they will out
OF tho mines.
| With two such bullies as Jim Dunno and
"Tony' Barrett to boast Of. Brooklyn can perch
herself upon almost lofty pinnacle of fame
as does Boston with the only and unsurpassed
| John L.
Governor Hill as chairman Of the Capitol Com
mission has refused to call o meeting Of it fol-
many months past, He is afraid his colleagues
might abolish the liquor shop In the building The
Governor recently vetoed the bill which was
| passed by the Legislature DO abolish this liquor
| shop. which was the only means Of circumyenting
| his refusal to call a meeting of the Commission.
This Is not SO much peanut as rum-hole
politics
The best Interstate Commerce law Is the law
Of supply and demand.
| The suggestion that there should be O few
streets in the city on which carriages could
drive with safety is a good one As it is now
| the centre-bearing rail and corduroy like pave
ments make it dangerous for anything except
the strongest vehicles to move about the city
| A few streets with smooth pavements from which
| trucks and laden wagons might be excluded
would BIO merciful to man and beast. This.
| however. can be accomplished only by placing
further limit on the power of the Aldermen 10
| give over the streets to railway companies.
| "The Rochester Union which is having good
| deal to say these days in regard to the prison
problem. actually commends the prison system OF
| Georgia to the consideration of our own State
| We had supposed that it generally admitted
| TINT the Georgia prison system n disgrace not
| only TO Georgia. but TO civilization. 1t is to be
expected. in the interest Of fair play, that "The
Union will find an opportunity in one Of its
prison articles to lash the Democratic party for
| tho cowardy manner In which it shirlicd the
| prison question when il last controlled the Legis
| lature Of this State. This conspicuous funk Oc-
| CURED in 1893. Both The Senate and the Assem-
| bly, wero then Democratic. What magnificent
opportunity for Democrats to abolish the convict
| contract labor system, TO adopt the Georgia sys-
| TEN or the state account system. any other
system! Was the opportunity embraced by the
| Democratic Legislature? o. no. The convict
| contract labor system w8s not abolished, and OF
| course neither the Georgia system the State
| account system nor any other system was adopted
| The Democratic Legislature took one good hook
| Mt tho problem. made up its mind that it was
| loaded. and then proceeded TO run away from it.
Now that John C. Calhoun has been honored ii
| is in order TO let jefferson Davis have his innings
Have you your culogistic letter Of regret ready
| Mr. Cleveland?
The independent expresses the opinion that
| Governor Hill in proposing to retire Isaac V.
Baker from the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the State
| Prisons is making n grave mistake The indie
| pendent might have added that the Governor has
done little else since the present session OF the
Legislature opened except 10 make grave mistakes
Every year the weight OF European ordnance
is increased. One OF the latest Krupps Is a 30.
ton gun, 52l2 feet in length employing l.069
pounds OF prsmatic powder in a service charge
and discharging proectile OF 2,3l4 pounds,
capable OF penetrating wrought iron plates nearly
four feet in thickness. Not satisfied with this
achievement the gunmakcrs planning another
monster which is TO weigh $50 tons, and 70 fire
liz ton shell The pcnctrative power OF artillery
has been increased tenfold within twenty years,
and The maximum point OF efficiency is still
matter OF conjecture. The fatuity OF attempts
tihcations when the weight. calibre and destruc-
tive power OF modern ordnance increasing
year by year, needs no extended demonstration.
defcncelcss country requires big guns and fully
equipped gun factories, but permanent fortified
tions out Of the question in the progressive
state Of military science.
American yachtsmen are more patriotic than
the Navy Department. They are not advertising
in the London journals for English designs for a
yacht that will "beat all creation
French Journalists have one source Of consola
ton in the present complications with Germany
Schnaebeles may or may not have been one OF
General Boulangers confidential agents. and he
may or may not have been illegally arrested, but
whether he be released or tried, it viii be safe
and expedient for Frenchmen to vent
their spleen on England, which has
shown marked sympathy for Germany
since tho present controversy arose "Perfdious
Albion nowadays is reviled every month in the
French calendar and the Paris journalists them
selves are at q loss to bell why this is
All Boston like all Gaul is divided into three
parts. The first part is composed Of those that
want to have the Common let alone the second
OF those that want to have the Common tunneHed
the third of those that want to railroa track
across It, II is difficult to see how war can be
avoided.
OF course ii is apparent TO all who have marked
the various steps in the persistent assault upon
tho Health Officer Of this port, whether or not
they have informed themselves as to the value
of DIR. Smiths services, and the estimation In
which he is held by importers and sanitary au
thoities, that 1t Ii inspired by malice rather thar
public spirit. There is a peculiarly ardent de
sire In certain quarters to "smash Tom Platt,
and tho supposition Of his enemies has been that
the best road to the accomplishment Of this feat
lay through the preliminary smashing of DIR |
Smith. knowledge OF this fundamental trut |
is essential to complete understanding of tn